Anti-Semite Spreads Hate in Fulton Mall
A CrownHeights.info reader sent us this photo of a man who was standing today in the midst of Brooklyn’s Fulton Street Mall holding a sign that read “Google it. Jews financed Black slavery.”
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Congressman Honored at Dinner on the Golf Course
About 100 guests gathered recently to celebrate Chabad of Gloucester County’s amazing work and its recent purchase of 9.5 acres of land in the heart of Mullica Hill, NJ. The land will be used to build a new Jewish Center to accommodate the growing needs of the Jewish community in Gloucester County.
UK Shluchim Rejuvenated at Kinus
There are 117 families of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim in the UK. Last week, 84 of those Shluchim gathered for the annual Chabad Lubavitch UK Kinus Hashluchim that was held in the magnificent setting of Bosworth Hall Hotel (part of the Britannia Group) in the picturesque village of Market Bosworth, Leicestershire.
Camp Yeka: It’s All About the Kids
Over 120 Jewish Children came from 15 different cities and villages across Ukraine to have the summer of their lives in Camp Yeka, many of them hailing from orphanages. Yeka’s group of dedicated volunteer staff from all across the western hemisphere raised the cost of their flights and the funds to make camp a reality for these children.
Picture of the Day: Patrolman Puts on Tefilin
Rabbi Levi Hecht of Chabad of Ellenville, NY, puts on Tefillin with a local Jewish Police Officer.
Rabbi Simcha Zirkind’s Life in Photos
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a collection of photos from the fascinating life of Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, pioneer of Chabad in Quebec.
BRDC Celebrates Nursing Home Resident’s 104th Birthday
Marking the start of ‘The Three Weeks,’ campers at Bais Rivkah Day Camp had a most exciting and meaningful ‘Ahavas Yisroel Week.’ On Monday, over 70 campers drove over to Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, where they participated in resident Esther Sandler’s 104th birthday party.
Photos: Visiting Day at Gan Yisroel-Montreal
On Sunday, the campers of Gan Yisroel in Montreal, Canada, were visited by their parents, siblings and friends, who enjoyed many fun activities together both on and off camp grounds.
House Burns Down Near Toronto Chabad Cheder
A massive blaze broke out in a Thornhill home that was under construction, sending plumes of thick black smoke that was visible for miles. The fire was in close proximity to the Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad, which was not damaged in the blaze.
Group of 4 Mischief-doers Apprehended after Robbery
A group of four teenagers prowling the streets of Crown Heights caught the eye of a patrolling Shomrim Volunteer who began following them. Nearly an hour later they were caught in the midst of stealing a pair of bicycles.
Baby Girl!
Yitzchok and Chaya Batya (nee Leiter) Yarmush (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yaakov Yosef and Chaya (nee Vaisfiche) Raskin (Huntington, NY)
Photos: Visiting Day in Camp Gan Israel Parksville
Parents and friends made the trek up to the Catskill mountains for a fun-filled visiting day at Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY.
8:00pm: Abandoning Mitzvos in the Name of Therapy; Is this World Good or Bad? Rabbi’s Inappropriate Behavior; World to Come for Women
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 75, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Abandoning Mitzvot in the Name of Therapy; Is this World Good or Bad? Rabbi’s Inappropriate Behavior; World to Come for Women.
YSP-Morristown Campers Make Their Own Tzitzis
Learning from a Sefer is very important, but hands-on experience takes learning to a whole new level. Each year YSP’s learning directors incorporate an activity into the learning class to help the Talmidim internalize and remember what they have learned.
‘Darkeinu’ Teachers Gather in Jerusalem
Forty-five Jewish heritage teachers at the FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ Jewish school network in the Former Soviet Union participated last month in ‘Darkeinu’s’ annual teachers’ seminar that took place in the heart of Jerusalem, Israel.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, 76, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden passing of Rabbi Simcha Yerachmiel Zirkind OBM, Shliach of the Rebbe to Tunisia and later to Montreal, Canada. He was 76 years old. Levaya times added.
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